# O' Bid Me Not that Strain to Sing

- By: Pendleton's Lithography (published by James L. Hewitt & Company (American, active 19th century))
- Date: 1825
- Medium: Lithograph on ivory wove paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 33.5 × 24.5 cm (13 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/129371)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/bb971a0e-ce2f-6316-6e88-670725668258/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)